Owen COYLE is hoping that Daniel Sturridge’s dreams of becoming an England centre-forward might encourage him to join BOLTON again.

The Trotters boss has seen Sturridge (left) dazzle for Chelsea in pre-season, but he has also spotted that he has been playing out wide. And that has given Coyle hope he may get the chance to bring him back on loan.

Coyle said: “I played Daniel down the middle and he was sensational with Kevin Davies – he would be the first to tell you how good he is to play with. Different people see different things and play with different systems.

“Daniel is such an intelligent player that he could play in a different role – in fact, he would take the gloves off Petr Cech to get in the team.

“But I always felt that Daniel wanted to play through the middle and we will see what happens.

“He is such an exciting young talent, but he has to be playing week-in week-out.”

Chelsea already have record buy Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba scuffling for the centre-forward slot in a three-man attack.

Coyle added: “We have made the most of the loan system with talented kids like Daniel and Jack Wilshere. It is still a market we are looking at.”